This sure is a timely topic for me. We made a quick 3 hour trip to see our grandson for his birthday--left home Tuesday and returned home the next morning. On the way home, I was looking forward to stopping at a Wal-Mart in a little town in the Ozarks, which is/was the only one I've seen in the last 4 years with a fabric department. When I went to the place it should be--no fabric department any more. Lots of beads, wires, tiny pliers, etc., but not one thing having to do with sewing or quilting except some needles and straight pins. I was disappointed and downright mad. I wonder how many people string beads as compared to the number of people who sew and quilt?